Government must act to halt CSIRO climate science cuts, says Senate committee

One Senate committee member has also called on the government to consider replacing CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall over the planned cuts

The government must act to halt the CSIRO's plans to cut its climate science program, a Senate committee has recommended, with one committee member calling on the government to consider replacing the chief executive over the debacle.

In February, the CSIRO announced it would be sacking about 100 of its 140 climate scientists, chief executive Larry Marshall saying the science was settled on climate change and it was time to move on to questions of adaptation and mitigation.